Israeli and Palestinian Identities in Dialogue
The School for Peace Approach
Published on 23. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
214 pages
978-0-8135-3415-2 (ISBN)
Description
Israeli Palestinians make up about 20 percent of Israeli citizens and, for the most part, live separate lives from their Jewish neighbors-lives fraught with political, social, and economic divisions. Attempts to initiate interactions between Palestinians and Jews outside official frameworks have often dissolved under political and economic pressures.
One lasting effort began when the School for Peace was established in 1976 in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a joint model village set up in 1972 by a group of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. Since its inception, the School for Peace has conducted hundreds of encounter activities to help create a more authentic and egalitarian dialogue between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority.
This volume is the product of the insight and experiences of both Arabs and Jews at the School for Peace over the last two decades. Essays address topics such as strategies for working with young people, development of effective learning environments for conflict resolution, and language as a bridge and as an obstacle. It is the first book to provide a model for dialogue between Palestinians and Jews that has been used successfully in other ethnic and national conflicts, and should be required reading for everyone interested in Jewish-Palestinian relations.
One lasting effort began when the School for Peace was established in 1976 in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a joint model village set up in 1972 by a group of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. Since its inception, the School for Peace has conducted hundreds of encounter activities to help create a more authentic and egalitarian dialogue between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority.
This volume is the product of the insight and experiences of both Arabs and Jews at the School for Peace over the last two decades. Essays address topics such as strategies for working with young people, development of effective learning environments for conflict resolution, and language as a bridge and as an obstacle. It is the first book to provide a model for dialogue between Palestinians and Jews that has been used successfully in other ethnic and national conflicts, and should be required reading for everyone interested in Jewish-Palestinian relations.
Reviews / Votes
This book contains very important insights into Israeli Arab attitudes towards citizenship in Israel. . . . The two groups need to negotiate a new social and political contract and this book offers critical guidance in this urgent process. - Joseph V. Montville (director, Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International S) This volume provides a significant contribution to the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. It captures the unique work of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam on identity dialogue and power relations. . . . highly recommended reading. - Mohammed Abu-Nimer (author of Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice) This book contains very important insights into Israeli Arab attitudes towards citizenship in Israel. . . . The two groups need to negotiate a new social and political contract and this book offers critical guidance in this urgent process. - Joseph V. Montville (director, Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International S) This volume provides a significant contribution to the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. It captures the unique work of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam on identity dialogue and power relations. . . . highly recommended reading. - Mohammed Abu-Nimer (author of Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Brunswick NJ
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8135-3415-2 (9780813534152)
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Persons
RABAH HALABI is the head of the School for Peace Research Center at Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam in Israel, and a lecturer in the education department at the Hebrew University.
Content
Intergroup conflict and its reduction: a social-psychological perspective / Arie Nadler
Jewish-Palestinian relations in Israel: the planned encounter as a microcosm / Ramzi Suleiman
Awareness, identity, and reality: the school for peace approach / Rabah Halabi and Nava Sonnenschein
Liberate the oppressed and their oppressors: encounters between university students / Raba Halabi, Nava Sonnenschein, and Ariellla Friedman
Reconstructing identity through the encounter with the other: the facilitators' training course / Rabah Halabi
The courage to face a complex reality: encounters for youth / Michal Zak, Rqabah Halabi, and Wafa'a Zriek-Srour
Language as a bridge and an obstacle / Rabah Halabi and Michal Zak
Cofacilitation: a symmetrical dialogue in an asymmetrical reality / Michal Zak and Rabah Halabi
"Home group": the uninational framework / Nava Sonnenschein and Ahmad Hijazi
Identity processes in intergroup encounters / Gabriel Horenczyk
Epilogue: Toward a humane and equal relationship / Rabah Halabi
Jewish-Palestinian relations in Israel: the planned encounter as a microcosm / Ramzi Suleiman
Awareness, identity, and reality: the school for peace approach / Rabah Halabi and Nava Sonnenschein
Liberate the oppressed and their oppressors: encounters between university students / Raba Halabi, Nava Sonnenschein, and Ariellla Friedman
Reconstructing identity through the encounter with the other: the facilitators' training course / Rabah Halabi
The courage to face a complex reality: encounters for youth / Michal Zak, Rqabah Halabi, and Wafa'a Zriek-Srour
Language as a bridge and an obstacle / Rabah Halabi and Michal Zak
Cofacilitation: a symmetrical dialogue in an asymmetrical reality / Michal Zak and Rabah Halabi
"Home group": the uninational framework / Nava Sonnenschein and Ahmad Hijazi
Identity processes in intergroup encounters / Gabriel Horenczyk
Epilogue: Toward a humane and equal relationship / Rabah Halabi